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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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If the descentralization of social networks continue, we will have to prepare for the eventual rise of the instances wars, where people will start to fight about which instance is better and which one is weird to be in and so on, but that's for the future of us all.

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[–] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

A lot of comments are assuming a negative outcome but there could be some fun and positive 'wars'. Best Instance Photoshop Battle anyone?

[–] bonecows@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Any good guides on all the instances?

I want to pick sides early so I can feast on the blood of those who dared choose differently.

[–] FunCod_64@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Well, there are the fascists(exploding-heads.com) and the communists(lemmygrad.ml) for a start.

You have some national instances such as lemmy.ca, aussie.zone, feddit.de, feddit.nl, feddit.uk and feddit.it.

Beehaw is busy building their ivory tower by defederating anyone with a slightly different oppinion so i'd say they are the centrists or maybe the swiss.

Other than that the rest is pretty much the same, if you ask me.

[–] haohao@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

You forgot about kbin. It's kinda here, but not really

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[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago

Just stay away from Lemmy.nz we....I mean they are VERY southern

[–] danileonis@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Please do instance wars also on PeerTube, it's noone land right now.

[–] Leroy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The problem with transitioning from YouTube to PeerTube is that without a critical mass of users it's just not worth it for creators. But without creators the users won't go there, because there's no content.

Lemmy has that problem to a much lesser extend because this kind of platform is way more focused on the interaction between users. Or put differently, everyone is a creator here.

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[–] ieightpi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (9 children)

The fact that all instances talk to each other, makes me think we likely won't have wars.

I mean I'm subscribed to beehaw and kbin communities. And everything in between.

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[–] meanmon13@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Then the Highlander games will begin.

[–] ghariksforge@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

Already happening. Have you heard of Beehaw?

Competition is good. Competition keeps us strong.

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[–] MildManneredPate@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Why is the Shower Thoughts community essentially meta discussion of Lemmy and not, well, shower thoughts?

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[–] AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Or, just make it fun friendly competition and start a quiz show like tournament of teams from each instance, no need for war.

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